Cross Patty With Left Crossbar vs Middle Dot
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Property Comparison
| Property | ⹑ 2E51 | · 00B7 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Cross Patty With Left Crossbar | Middle Dot |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | Supplemental Punctuation | Latin-1 Supplement |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Symbol (So) | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2E51 | 00B7 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2E51 | U+00B7 |
| HTML Decimal | ⹑ | · |
| HTML Hex | ⹑ | · |
| CSS | \2E51 | \00B7 |
| JavaScript | \u{2E51} | \u{B7} |
| Python | \u2e51 | \u00b7 |
| UTF-8 | e2 b9 91 | c2 b7 |
How to Distinguish
Both Cross Patty With Left Crossbar and Middle Dot are in the Punctuation category but reside in different Unicode blocks. Check the codepoint to tell them apart.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
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